UC Berkeley (Audio)

Join librarian Liladhar Pendse as he gives a tour of UC Berkeley's Doe Library exhibit of some of its very diverse comics and graphic novels. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31547]

Rankings have a long tradition in the US higher education system that has been described as a caste system in which faculty is recruited from the most elite universities. Prestigious divisions do not only shape the institution itself but also the visions of academics. Stephanie Beyer analyzes how departmental prestige affects the perception of professors and PhD students. She investigates how distinctions among institutions shape different career trajectories and academic perceptions: their views on autonomy, rankings, and competition for funding. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30966]

David Asai, Director, Undergraduate Science Education Programs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Michael Jackson, Vice President Emeritus for Student Affairs, University of Southern California; and Douglas Hesse, Executive Director of Writing and Professor of English, University of Denver, discuss the challenges of scaling good ideas to large institutions. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30812]

The University of California is unique among American multicampus systems in that it is organized around a principle known as the one-university idea. Its premise is simple: that a large and decentralized system of ten campuses, differing in size, resources, aspiration, and stage of development, can nevertheless be governed as a single university. The one-university idea has long been regarded as a major force behind UC's rise to pre-eminence among American research universities. But does it have a future in the age of public disinvestment in higher education? CSHE Senior Research Associate Patricia A. Pelfrey discusses the one-university principle in the context of UC's history, its contemporary relevance to the governance of the UC system, and the drive for institutional redesign in American universities. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30821]

Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor, and Claude Steele, Provost, University of California, Berkeley, talk with Carol Christ, Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education about undergraduate education. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30814]

John Douglass, Igor Chirikov and Gregg Thomson, present data from Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium about the quality of the student experience in the research university. A panel including Christine Keller, Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis, Association of Public Land Grant Universities and Josh Trapani, Associate Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis, Association of American Universities, follows the briefing. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30810]

California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives an inspirational address to the 2016 graduates of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31117]

Involved college parents—frequently referred to as “helicopters”—are often derided as pesky interlopers who micromanage their children’s lives and make excessive demands on school decision makers. Laura Hamilton, Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Merced, discusses if these parents damage their children and burden universities or if they are a benefit. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30871]

Mitchell Stevens - Stanford University, Barbara Bichelmeyer - University of Missouri, Kansas City, Steven Brint - University of California, Riverside discuss how to effect change in higher education. Moderator, Rory Hume. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30826]

Jane Wellman, Senior Advisor, College Futures Foundation; Joni Finney, Director, Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania; Candace Thille, Professor of Education, Stanford University, discuss ways to address the problems of cost and capacity for undergraduates at public research universities. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30813]